Bubble Tea
Ingredients
- ¼ cup large quick-cooking tapioca pearls
- 1¾ cups water
- 1¾ oz simple syrup (sugar dissolved in equal amount of water)
- prepared black tea
- 1½ oz half & half
Special Equipment
- cocktail shaker
- bubble tea fat straws
How-to
- Make a pot of regular black tea and set aside to cool
- In the meantime, bring a saucepan of 1¾ cups of water to a boil
- Add ¼ cup tapioca pearls. Stir gently so tapioca doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan
- Boil for 5 minutes, then strain. The tapioca will increase in size and become soft
- Lightly coat the tapioca pearls with simple syrup and gently mix
- Fill a glass ⅔ full with prepared tea. Add half & half and stir
- Add 1¾ oz simple syrup (or to taste)
- Add 2 tbsp of cooked tapioca pearls per serving
- Add ice and pour tea mixture into a cocktail shaker. Shake well and pour into a glass
- Serve with a bubble tea fat straw